PETERBOROUGH, ON – Despite the fact that 90 percent of people in Peterborough are strongly opposed to the sell-off of the city’s electricity provider, council voted to recommend the sale of PDI in a six to five vote that betrayed the voters that elected them. “The people of Peterborough don’t want this. Navigant, the City’s…
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TORONTO, ON – The Premier and Ministers of Finance and Energy will be headed to court now that the misfeasance suit for wrong doing over the sale of shares in Hydro One, has been officially filed against them, following two months of inaction since they were served with notice of intent. “We had hoped that…
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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Dec. 6, 2016) – Striking workers from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) overwhelmingly rejected the latest “final offer” from their employer due to its failure to address workload and joint job evaluation concerns that would prevent children from falling through the cracks. The supervised vote was called by…
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Each December 6, CUPE Ontario members join millions across the county in recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This date marks the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal, when 14 women were targeted and killed by a lone gunman. One of those women was Maryse Laganière,…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Striking workers from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) overwhelmingly rejected the latest “final offer” from their employer due to its failure to address workload and joint job evaluation concerns that would prevent children from falling through the cracks. The supervised vote was called by Peel…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Ninety percent of voters in Peterborough are still opposed to the sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. (PDI) after the community consultation, according to a new poll conducted by Environics. Put into the field on November 25 immediately following Navigant’s presentation of their report back from the consultation, the Environics poll found: 90%…
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OTTAWA, ON — Lost in the debate about whether to locate the new Ottawa Hospital Civic campus on the Experimental Farm or at Tunney’s Pasture is the question of who will own the new hospital facility, CUPE suggested today. The provincial Liberal government strongly encourages private-public-partnerships (P3s) as the development model for new mega-hospitals. The…
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Click here to download the statement CUPE Ontario is strongly opposed to the Private Member’s Notice of Motion Number 36, introduced by Ontario PC MPP Gila Martow. As a labour organization representing more than 260,000 workers in this province, we are asking Ontario MPPs to vote “NO” on this motion on Thursday December 1…
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HAMILTON, ON – 2500 Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Research Assistants (RAs) who do the bulk of the frontline instruction, grading, student consultation and research support at McMaster University, are working to avoid a strike by negotiating with the university administration to addresses poverty wages, precarious work and outsourcing on campus. The members of Local…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – After a month of refusing to negotiate with striking workers and rejecting a request for binding arbitration, Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) has submitted a ‘final offer’ to the members of Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914). Instead of waiting for a…
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